By Trent Thomas People may assume Pima County has the sole responsibility of maintenance and law enforcement jurisdiction of all our county roads. After all, if the county is the...
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A Guide to Wine Tasting in Southern Arizona
A Guide to Wine Tasting in Southern Arizona The world of wine is incredibly diverse. While most people have tasted wine, few have...
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Washington’s Birthday, and Ours
Washington’s Birthday, and Ours This time of year always reminds me of when we used to celebrate Washington’s Birthday. I...
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Rental Homes Unveiled at Rocking K
Rental Homes Unveiled at Rocking K Build-to-rent communities are the newest housing option in cities across the country that are...
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Vail Pride Day at Charron Vineyards
Vail Pride Day at Charron Vineyards Charron Vineyards is a family-run small business that was established in 1995. Charron is...
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The Mormon Battalion’s Legacy in Vail
by J. J. Lamb and Rob Samuelsen On December 14, 1846, the Mormon Battalion camped on the banks of Cienega Creek; about eight miles east of the place that would become Vail in 1880. They...
Youth Pioneer Trek Reenactment
by Rob Samuelsen and J. J. Lamb While some of their peers may have spent their Rodeo Break sleeping in or traveling to Disneyland, for over 300 teenagers from the Rincon and Tucson South...
Ghost Bustin’ at Colossal Cave
by Mike Lavelle I have never seen a ghost, goblin, gremlin, spirit, apparition, genie, fairy, troll, orb, shadow person, leprechaun, sasquatch, chupacabra, extraterrestrial alien, or an...
Weather Almanac A Dry March
by John Simpson After a very wet February (I wrote about this last month), March ended up being very dry with only a couple hundredths of an inch of rain falling, which was well below the...
The Birth and Growth of a Community Garden
by Elizabeth Smith Creating a community garden is a wonderful resource for people to grow healthy food in an environment fostering community, education, hands-on care for plants and soil...
The Welcome Rain of Late Winter
by John Simpson The National Weather service defines the winter season as the months of December, January, and February. Normal rainfall in the Vail area for these three months combined is...
Highways and Byways
by Tom Howard Houghton Road over the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge Traffic has been shifted and work continues on the demolition of the old structure. Crews have been hauling dirt from...
Cave 302
by Rob Samuelsen Arizona has complex geology! Based on an ancient bed of sedimentary limestone, upheaval, volcanic action, pressure, and erosion it has resulted in basalt, gneiss, mica...
New Website: FutureMeAZ.com to Help High School Seniors
by Jessica Gonzalez According to 2015 Andrada Polytechnic High School graduate Kailey Johnson, there is no more time to waste. Now that she can look back upon her high school education, she...